Navigation Four students were honored during the 2023 Gerald T. Bennett Public Defender and Prosecutor Trial Training Program for embodying the mission, goals, and spirit of the program. Center, L–R: Stephen Kowalski, Seventh Circuit Office of the Public Defender; Rachel Anderson, Ninth Circuit Office of the Public Defender; Bryan Lawlor, 12th Circuit Office of the State […]
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Tax Section names Michael D. Minton Tax Attorney of the Year
Michael D. Minton Michael D. Minton will be honored by the Tax Section as the 2023 – 2024 Gerald T. Hart Outstanding Tax Attorney of the Year at the section’s meeting in Orlando September 30. The Dean Mead shareholder is the first resident from the Treasure Coast of Florida to receive this award.
Portal filings dip in July
Portal Program Manager Carolyn Weber, who is responsible for tracking submission data for the Florida Courts E-Filing Authority, summarized it best after releasing E-Filing Portal’s recent progress report. “I’m afraid that July is probably our slowest month of the year,” Weber said in an email. The authority released its July report and the total number […]
Be a Laboring Lawyer
Jim Vickaryous Abraham Lincoln once famously said, “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” This serves as a poignant reminder for lawyers to eschew laziness and embrace the laborious nature of our craft. In the legal profession, there are no shortcuts to success. The path to becoming a formidable lawyer is […]
Ranking organizations should consider board certification as a factor when rating lawyers in practice areas
Steven B. Lesser For decades, established organizations such as Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell, Avvo and others have ranked lawyers in specialty areas after performing research, soliciting peer review, interviewing with potential lawyer candidates and in some instances speaking to their clients. At the same time, other organizations provide lawyer rankings but […]